Many folks serving teens in libraries do so only on a part time basis, making delivering good teen services a challenge. Help out your colleagues by adding to this page quick and easy things that busy library workers and librarians can do to serve teens:

Start a list of success stories (good moments when you had an impact on a teen's life) so you can easily share them when you have the opportunity. (And be sure to update it as you have more successes!)

Overall Management/Organization

Create an "Ideas for Next Year" folder and add information about possible programs, events, activities, etc. as you think of them

Read the 10 page Public Library Evaluation Tool for teen services to familiarize yourself with the basics of an overall program for serving teens through libraries

Read the mission and/or strategic plan for your library and identify ways that your overall teen program supports it